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JAMES E. CRQSS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 67,510, dated August 6, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN LANTERNS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. 011055, of the city of Chicago, in theState of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement onLanterns; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and marks thereon, which saiddrawings form part of this specifieation,'and represent a lantern andseveral of the parts thereof, with my improvement attached thereto.

The object of this invention is to produce a lantern so constructed thatan oil-cup or lamp or a candle may be used therein without having totake oflany piece or part for the fitting in of another and differentpiece or part, and of producing a cheap, durable, and useful lantern.

The guard-bars or rods a, as shown by vertical section of the lantern infig. 1, instead of being soldered or otherwise secured to the sides ofthe dome 6, pass through the dome, each rod or bar being one continuouspiece from the bottom guard-bar c on one side to the other, d. Each baror red of the guard then passing through the dome strengthens the domeand the guard, and, as a whole, the guard can be made cheaperand betterthan when the upper ends of the bars or rods are secured to the sides ofthe dome. The lantern here illustrated has the dome and guard attachedto each other, and are removable as one piece from the bottom part ofthe lantern. The oil-cup e has attached to its bottom plate a s oclet,f, in which may be fitted a candle or a lamp, the socket being stayedby a brace, g. The bottom plate is extended out so as to form a flange,h, from the periphery of which pieces are cut out, leaving spaces, '5.To the bottom of the lantern are aifixed small plates, j, thatconstitute catches, so that when the spaces 2' of the flange h are inline with the catches the flange It can be placed in contact with theplate of the bottom of the lantern, and when turned to a slight degree,so that the flange it passes over the catches j, the oil-cup will beheld in position or the socket be held inward and in position, just asthe one or the other may be in use. The spaces 2' and the catchesjtherefore constitute the means for holding either side of the flange hin contact with the bottom plate of the lantern. It will be readily seenthat either the oil-cup or the socket may be the upward or downwardpiece or part, as maybe required.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The construction of the oil-cup with the socket, so that it may beused for oil or with a candle, substan tially as herein recited. 1

2.. I claim the combination of the space i of the flange h and thecatches j for attaching the oil-cup to the bottom of the lantern.

This specification signed this 28th day of January, .1867.

JAMES E. CROSS.

Witnesses:

Guo. H. STOWELL, H. L. BUTLER.

